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INVENTOR ARNOLD W. PUPKE A RNEYS Patented Nov. 5, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2.019.929 I APPARATUS FOR MAKING CARDS Arnold W. Pupke, Greenburg Township, Westehester County, N. Y.

Application April 4, 1933, Serial No. mass 8 Claims. I (Cl. 95-75) The present invention relates to an apparatus for making cards wherein a similar designation is applied to a plurality of cards having different species information thereon.

The present invention is particularly adapted for themanufacture of cards for use in libraries,

statistical organizations, etc.

It is'a common practice in libraries to provide,

card catalogs wherein certain information will be repeated on a series of cards whereas other in-'- formation will be different on each card. For example, each card may have a subject-matter heading which will be different on each card and followed by the body subject matter, such as the name of the author, title of volume, publisher, etc., which will be the same on each card. Under the prior practice, it has been the custom to write each card separately either in long hand or on a typewriter and then check each card against a master sheet which hasbeen made out to cover the wholeseries of cards. This procedure has entailed a substantial amount of manual labor and has required considerable time to produce the cards desired.

- The present invention comprises an apparatus whereby the cards are produced directly and automatically "from a master sheet which need be checked but once, and then the master sheet automatically becomes the foundation upon which the several cards produced are built, so that the cards must be correct and need not be checked. The present invention may be carried out in different apparatuses differing slightly from those specifically disclosed herewith, but the preferred form of the invention comprises the production of a master sheet carrying the several specific designations which are to be appliedvto the several cards.

These designations on the master sheet are preferably arranged in parallel columns, one of each side portion of'this sheet. One column, for example, the left hand column, may mntain information comprising, for example, the headings for a series of cards, each heading being different from each card. The other,or the right hand column of the master sheet, may carry the information for the body of the card which is to be the same for each of the series of cards.

This master sheet may carry in opposite parallel coliiinns material useful for producing many different sets of cards. After the master sheet is prepared, it preferably is slit as it is used so that each column is carried on a separate strip of the master sheet. The card stock preferably is roll stock, and preferably is fed crosswise beneath the strips of the master sheet. In the preferred form, this roll card stock is paper of card thickness with one surface sensitive to light, and the master sheet is preferably transparent paper which may be used as a photographic negathe master sheet with the headings thereon so that a mask covers ail of the master sheet except one single title or heading. Now when the master sheet and the sensitized card therebeneathare exposed to light, the subject-matter exhibited through the mask is printed on the card stock. 10 The card stock is now advanced across the master sheet to lie beneath the strip carrying the body subject matter column, where a mask covers the area previously exposed, but exposes the general information portion of the master sheet, which information is desired on the card. This portion of the master sheet with the card stock therebeneath is exposed to light, and information will be photographically printed on the card stock.

The card number one will now have been completely exposed, or in other words, the printing operation as to card number one is completed. While card number one is in position to print the general information, the heading strip of the master sheet had been moved lengthwise to ex- I hibit through the first mask the proper heading for the second card and the exposure of the second card heading would take place while the printing of the main subject-matter on the first card is taking place. Then, the card stock would move forward another card length and the card number two would receive the main subject-matier imprint while card number three was'being exposed to a third heading which had moved up to the heading printing point. During this printing process, it will be ob= served that the heading column strip of the master sheet is advanced step by step as each card is printed to present a new heading at the opening in the mask, whereas the strip of the master sheet 40 carrying the body subject matter remains stationary until all of the whole series of cards is completed. The movement of the heading strip of the master sheet while the body strip of the master sheet remains stationary may be eflected 5 because of the slitting of the master sheet into two columnar strip members and while the one' strip is moving step by step, the other strip merely bows or folds to permit the main body subjectmatter, being repeatedly printed, to remain stationary. When'a complete series or group of cards is finished, then both strips of the master sheet move forward to the designations required for another group of cards, and the operation is continued until all the cards desired are coinpleted.

Preferably, the. sensitized exposed card stock is developed in the machine in any well known manner. A suitable cutting mechanism is provided to divide the sensitized card stock into individual card members. The cutting operation may occur either before or after the developing operation. Preferably the cards aregcut before being developed so that the developing takes place on the individual cards.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the preferred form of an apparatus carrying out the present invention. Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow A Fig. 1. v

arrow C Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatical sectional view corresponding to Fig. 4 on the section line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 61s a n u ticalsectionalview taken on line B6 Fig. 1 and corresponding to the position illustrated in Fig. 2. I

' Fig. 'I is a view illustrating parts in section of the operating mechanism for the master sheet advance rolls on line 1-1 Fig.4.

Fig. 8 is a perspective detail view showing parts in section illustrating the control of the clutch mechanism which operates the master sheet advance mils.

Flg.9isadetail viewshowing partsinsection oiv the magnetically operated clutch shown in i 8.

Fig. 10 is a detail view of a section of the adjacent inner ends of the master sheet control rolls.

Fig. 11 illustrates thedriving connection between the sections of the master control rolls.

Fig. 12 illustrates a portion of the master sheet before it is slitted, and dotted line indicates the path of silt. o V v Fig. 13 illustrates a completed card.

Referring to the drawings and more especially to Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, illustrating the preferred form of a. contact printing type of apparatus for carrying out the present invention which comprlsesamalndriveshaft I journalled-inthemain frame 2 and provided with a suitable driving pulley 4. This main shaftl carries an interrupted gear 5 which mesha with an interrupted pinion 6 on a secondary drive shaft 1. The relation of the interrupted gear Sand pinion 6 is such that the interrupted pinion 6 makes one complete revolution each time the interrupted gear 5 makes one complete revolution, but the complete revolution of the interrupted pinion 6 is made during a time interval coresponding to a' portion of the time interval of a complete rotation of the main drive shaft l. During the remaining time interval of the revolution of the main shaft I, the interrupted pinion 6 and, the secondary drive shaft 1 are stationary. A bevelled pinion I is mounted on the opposite end of the secondary drive shaft I from the interrupted pinion i and this bevelled pinion 8 engages a bevelled pinion 3 on the short shaft II mounted in bearings in themain frame 2 to extend at substantially right angles to the secondary drive shaft 1. A beveled pinion IIis can'ied by the other end of the short shaft Ill and engages a bevelled pinion I2 on an operating shaft Il extending acrossthe machine frame substantially paralleltothemainshaft Thlsoperating shaft- I4 can ies a gear II that meshes'with a gear I which is rotatably roll shaft I1.

mmmtedonamastersheet A positive clutch member I8 is integral with the gear I6 and normally rotates idly with the gear I6 on roll shaft l1 until the clutch member I8 is engaged by the pawl l9 carried by the circular flange20 which is fixedly'secured to the roll shaft I1. The pawl l9 comes into contact with the clutch l8 at the end of an active period of the shaft l1, so that the pawl I9 drives the clutch l8 when the next active cycle of the shaft I1 takes place. The operating shaft I4 carries an eccentric 2| fixedly mounted on the shaft to rotate therewith. A forked arm 22 extends on each side of the eccentric 2| and is oscillated by the'eccentric 2| when the operating shaft l4 rotates'. A pawl 24 is mounted on the, forked arm and is spring pressed'by spring 25, into engage.-

mert with a ratchet wheel 26 that is fixedly moznted on a. master sheet heading strip roll 21 which is'loosely mounted to rotate on the roll shaft l1. A holding pawl 28 is mounted on the machine frame and is spring pressed by spring 29 into engagement with a ratchet wheel 26. The construction and arrangement'of the parts specifled are such that as the forked arm 22 oscillates,

strip roll 30.

The master sheet 38 illustrated in Fig. 12, after having the designations desired-placed thereon, is rolled up to comprise a master sheet supply roll 39, which is mounted in the machine frame and extends lengthwise of the bed 40 of the machine beneath a mask ll which is provided with'a heading exposure open ng 42 and a body exposure opening 44. These strips extend bee yond the maskand pass downward between the rolls 2.1, 30, and the cooperating idler rolls 3|, 32 which clamp the strips tightly so that they are under control of the heading strip roll 21 and the body'strip roll 30. to advance the strips each time theserolls 21 and 3Iiare actuated.

The main shaft I carries a circular slitting knife 45 which slits the master sheet into the two strips before the master sheet reaches the mask 4|. A pair of idler rolls 46 and 41 each extend entirely across strips of the slitted master and grip the same before the strips reach the mask 4|. Therefore, when either of the strips 48 and I! of the master sheet are advanced, both strips advance side by side between the idler rolls 4i and 41. Since the body strip 49 is held stationary during a part of the time when the heading strip 48 is moving, the stationary body strip 49 bows upwardly (Fig. 5) between the rolls 46, 41 and the mask ll.

The card stock is mounted in a supply roll 50 on a shaft 5| which is journalled into machine frame 2. This card stock extends transversely across the machineand beneath both the strips l8 and l9 of the master sheet and in a position directly below the openings 42 and 44 in the mask 4|. The short shaft l0 carries a card stock control roll 52 which cooperates with an idler roll 54 iournalled in the machine frame. The circumference of the card stock roll 52 ispreferably equal to the length of afln'ishedcard so that each time the short shaft ll makes a complete rotation, the card stock "is advanced an amount equal to the length of a singlecard.

The main shaft I carries on its outer end a cam I which operates on an arm '51 secured to a sleeve 98 which carries a circular punch I! and a cut-off knife ill. Therefore, each complete rotation of the main shaft l causes the operation of the cut-oil knife I and the punch 59. The cut-oil knife 60 severs the card stock 55 into individual cards GI and the punch 59 simultaneously punches a filing opening 2 in the edge of the card stock which will be centrally located inthe bottom portion of the'individual card I when it is severed by the knife 80. A suitable spring 64 holds the arm I into contact with the cam 56, thereby holding the punch 51 and th cut-oil! knife 60 raised in inoperative position until the cam Gil opposes the tension of the spring and brings the punch and knife into operation.

When the heading 65 and the body 68 have been placed on the master sheet, (Fig. 12) control openings 61 are punched in the master sheet 38 Ereferably opposite the last title in a row of hea ings or the last line of a-group of body subject-matter. An electrical spring contact 68 (Figs. 1 and 'l) is adiustably mounted over the path of the control openingst'l, so that when an opening 61 passes beneath the contact, an electrical circuit is established through the adjustable contact 68. The electrical spring contact 68 ,ls provided with a shoe 6! which bears upon a broken insulation ring lll mounted on the master title roll 21. The space H between the ends of -the insulation ring 10 isa contact surface which will complete an electrical circuit through the shoe 6!. The electrical circuit specified is provided with a suitable electrical energy supply (not power than the spring for the pawl I! so that the pawl l9 isnormally out of engagement with shown) and leads to and includes an electro magnet 12 which cooperates with a spring pressed arm 14 that. bears against the pawl It in opposition to the spring 15. This arm 14 extends through-a slot I3 in the circular flange 20. The end of the arm 14 while in the slot 1! acts to hold the body strip 49 in register at the printing.

point. A spring 18 for the arm 14 is of greater the clutch it until the electro-magnet I2 is energized either through the connection made by the contact 68 or the shoe .29. As soon as the electrical contact is made, the power of the spring I! is overcome and the spring 15 forces the dog I! into position to engage with the clutch hand the arm 14 is withdrawn from the slot 15 and the flange III is free to revolve. This operation connects the gear ll, (through the clutch mem-' ber l8 and pawl I! when these two parts come into engagement) with the circular flange 20 on the roll shaft il so that the gearing li'and I6 is eil'ective to rotate the master body roll 30.

This master body roll 30 is provided on its inner end with a broken circular recess 11 (Fig. 11) into which a drive pin II carried by the heading roll 21 extends. The operation of the heading strip roll 21 by/the forked arm 22 gradually advances the position of the drive pin It in the circular recess ll, toward the end of this recess. When a control opening 61 completes the contact to operate the electro-magnet If to render 'thedrive mechanism effective through the gears It and It to rotate the body strip roll 30,; the

I rotation of this roll 30 picks up the heading strip roll 21 as drive pinll contacts with the end-of the circular recess 61 so that the two strips 4! the contact 68 through the control opening 81 fail to operate for any reason. It also obviates 10 any dimculty which might arise by the failure of the operator to, punch control openings in the side of the master sheet when this master sheet is being prepared.

Preferably, the present apparatus operates 15.

through photographic material and to this end a suitable source of light such as electric lamp I8. is mounted above the machine with a light shutter 80 beneath the lamp ll. This light shutter 80 is mounted on a vertical shaft II which is 20 driven by a pair of spiral gears' 82, 84, one of which is. carried by the cross shaft 85 which in turn is driven by spiral gears It and ll, one' of which is mounted on the main shaft I. The ratio of the spiral gears is such that as the main shaft rotates, the light shutter Ill makes one complete revolution each time the main shaft makes a complete revolution. The shutter is open while the strip portions are at rest and is closed when either or both the strips advance.

from the drawings for the purpose of clearness. 4o It is also to be understood that the sensitized card stock after it has been exposed to light to print the designations of the master sheet thereon is suitably developed. This developing operation may occur either before or after the card stock is separated into individual cards. Preferably, the developing occurs after the separa-.

tion. When the card stock is cut and developed,

a complete printed card is provided for each operation of the machine. It will be noted that the exposure opening 42 for the headings is positioned beyond the exposure opening 44 for the body subject matter. It will also be noted preferably the first heading on the master sheet is preferably located exactly 53 opposite the first line of the body subject-matter which is to be common to all the cards. Itis desirable, in many cases, to provide a card with the subject-matterv printed thereon but with a blank space for the title. Therefore, in the nor- 63 mal operation of the machine, it will be observed that the first card of a series which is printed does not have any title heading printed thereon,

whereas each succeeding card of the series will have-some title heading. (:5

Occasions may arise where it is desirable to have several more than one card with blank headings. This operation may be accomplished in different ways. For example, it may be accomplished by setting the first heading several 79 line spaces below the first line of the body subject-matter. In this case as the machine operates. the heading strip 48 will beadvanced-step by step and each advance will be a blank until the first line of headings reaches the heading exposure opening 42. v Extra card blank head strip after the headings have been passed, and a blank headed card for each such step is thereby produced. Fig. 12 illustrates a completed card 'in which the heading. 98 is the top line and the body subject-matter 8| follows the heading 9!! and ordinarily would fill the major portion oi the card 8|.

It will also be observed that the relation of the exposure openings 42 and 44 to the width of the card stock, is such that'after a card has passed the machine, the entire area of the card has been exposed. This obviatesv an unexposed border which in some cases might be'undesirable.

In the operation of the device, the master sheet 88, Fig. 12, is prepared by placing thereon, preferably by typewriting, the column of headings 88 and the column of body subject-matter 86. This master sheet is then wound into the roll 88 which is set in place in the machine. The main shaft l is driven continuously and in so doing, the slitting knife 45 slits the master sheet into the column portions 48 and 49 which extend beneath the mask 4|. As the main shaft I rotates continuously, the gears and 8 impart an intermittent rotationv to the secondary drive shaft 1. This drive shaft operates throughconnected parts to cause the eccentric 2| on the shaft 14 to oscillate the forked arm which through the ratchet mechanism advances the column portion 48 of the master sheet carrying titles 68, step by step.

During each rotation of the main shaft,'the shutter 88 makes one rotation so that the clear portion of the shutter admits the light from the lamp 19 to the exposure openings 42 and 44, thereby exposing a heading and a body subject-matter for a card. The secondary drive shaft 1 intermittently operates and at each operation of the shaft 1, the card stock control roll 52 makes one rotation which feeds the card stock out of the machine and fresh stock beneath the mask. This intermittent rotation of the roll 52 occurs at a time when the shutter 88 is closed thereby interrupting'the light from the lamp 18. The continued operation of the main shaft l operates the punch 58 and the knife once during a cycle of the operations. This operation punches a hole in the card stock 55 and cuts an individual card 8| from the supply of card stock. .The .cycle of operations of the machine are repeated for each card until a control opening 61 in the title columnarmember of the master sheet permits the contact 88 to complete the electrical circuit. As soon as this occurs, the magnet 12 is energized and the dog I!) engages the clutch l8fso that the gear l8 which has been driven idly now rotates the master subject-matter master roll 38 which operates to take up the slack or the bow which has been formed in the body strip .ofthe master 'sheet while the heading strip has been moved up step by step to print titles. As soon as'this slack'or bow is taken up, the end of the interrupted circular groove -11 on the, heading strip roll 88 en ages the pin ii on the body strip roll now stopped and a new body subject-matter is exposed through the exposure opening 44. The shutter has reached a position to begin to expose the opening 42 and to light so that a card is exposed without a title heading. The ratchet mechanism for operating the heading strip sheet roll .21 again comes into operation while the body strip roll 38 remains stationaryu The result is that the heading strip 48 is again advanced step by step to print headings for the second group of cards. It is to be understood that theoperation of driving both rolls 21 and 88, through the clutch mechanism comprising thepawl l8 and. the clutch member II to advance both columns of the master sheet, takes place when one set ofcards has been finished.- -This special movement of the master sheet is equivalent in time to a step advance produced by the forked arm 22, so that each cycle of operation either advances the heading strip portion 48 step by step or makes a combined advance of the heading strip 48 and the body strip 49. In each case, these movements are both one step in the cycle of operations and occur during one complete revolution of the main shaft, so that a card is completely printed and a card is severed from the card stock each time the main shaft makes one complete revolution.

The operation of the device may be considered and divided into cycles, which may be designated as a normal cycle and a periodic cycle. In either case, each revolution of the drive shaft completes one cycle. Each cycle may be divided into two phases which may be designated as the active phase and the rest phase. The normal cycle of the machine is the cycle wherein a series of cards are being printed, and the heading strip 48 is moved forward step by step. .The periodic cycle is the cycle wherein the contact arm 68 has. dropped through a hole 81 and causes the body strip 48 to be advanced. I n

The movement occurring during the various of one step or interval to position a p per heading at the exposure opening '42. The card stock advances one card length to the cut-off.

intervals may be analyzed as follows, namely, in

- In the normal cycle, rest phase, the shutter 7 opens and'both strips 48 and 49 remain stationary to expose 'on the card stock. The body subjectmatter is printed on card number 3 and the heading isprinted on card number 4.: The knife operates, to cut of! card number I' and the punch operates to punch cardnumber 2, and then the u shutter closes.

[In the periodic cycle, active phase, the magnet operates to withdraw thearm 14 from the slot 18 to permit the pawl llto be moved into position .to engage the clutch II (the electric contact 88 having dropped through an opening 81 at the end of the preceding normal active phase) The body strip moves forward until the pin 18 engages the end of recess 11 to move forward the heading strip 48 with the body strip 48. This advance of the strips is made through gears 8 and 8. The

electric contact 68 is now interrupted and both strips continue to move forward until the armat this time, the body subject-matter is stopped and locked in printing position and the card stock is moved forward one length. During this phase.

the shutter has remained closed.

The periodic cycle, rest phase, is the same as the normal cycle rest phase. During this periodic cycle, rest phase, the body portion of the first of -a new series of cards is printed and a heading, or blank, for card number two of the new series is printed, when the light shutter is opened.

It is, of course, to be understood that all light sensitive material in the machine is enclosed within a light tight casing, which has been omitted from the drawings to avoid unnecessary illustration and complication of the showing of the device.

It is to be understood that the present invention contemplates carrying out the methods specified by other apparatus than that shown, for example, by photography, hechtographs, printing transfer systems, or other mechanisms utilizing a stencil like a rnimeograph or printing plates like an address'ograph may be used to carry out the invention. 7

Having described my invention, I claim:-

1. A machine 01 the class described comprising a master printing sheet provided with parallel columns of printing material, means to divide said sheet into a plurality of individual printing members, means to establish a plurality of printing points, mechanism to move one of said printing members step by step relative to its corresponding printing point, devices to transfer printing from all of said printing members to a printing receiving member, and mechanism to move said printing receiving member step by step after eachtransterring operation.

2. A machine of the class described comprising a pair oi. printing members arranged side by side,

a printing point for each of said members, means to move one of said member step by step relative to its respective printing point, devices to move the other 01' said printing members one step after .a predetermined number or step .by step movements of the first mentioned printing member, mechanism to move a printing receiving member from the printing point of one printing member to the printing point of the other printing memher, and devices to transfer printing from said members to said printing receiving mem- 8. In a machine of the class described, a body printing member carrying subject-matter tor the both of a card, a heading printing member carrying headings for a plurality oi cards, means to move the heading printing member step by stem-means to transfer printing to card stock from the body printing member and from the heading printing member, means to move the body printing member alter a. predetermined number of step by step movements or the heading printing members, and devices to move said card stock from one printing member to the other to receive the heading printing and the bodyprintingassuccessivestepsto iormacard carrying the body subject-matter and an appro- 4. Amachine oi the classdescribed comprising a body memberadapted to print the body of a, card, a heading printing -member adapted to print a series of headings appropriate to a group of cards carrying the same body, means to move card stock from one printing member to the other printing member to associate difierent 5 heading printings from the heading printing member with the same body printing from the body printing member, means to move the heading printing member step by step to change the heading for each card printed, and means under control of said heading printing member to move the body printing member to change the body subject-matter when a predetermined number of cards has been completed, and driving mechanism for all of said means.

5. A machine of the class described comprising a body printing member carrying thereon body subject-matter for a group of cards, a heading printing member carrying thereon headings for said group of cards to 'be associated with said .move to present a different body subject-matter at the printing point when the said group of cards has been printed, and driving mechanism for all of said means.

6. A machine of the class described comprising a master printing sheet, means to divide a portion 01 the master sheet into a plurality of printing members, means to advance one of said printing members step by step while retaining another of the printing members stationary, control means on the printing member that is moved step by step to determine when the stationary printing member shall move, means to move the stationary printing member when said control means becomes eflective, and driving mechanism for all of said means. a

'7. A machine oi the class described comprising a body printing member adapted to print the body of a plurality 0! cards, a heading printing member adapted to print individual on said cards, mechanism to move card stock trom one printing member to the other printing member, means to move the heading printing memher step by step until a predetermined group oi cards has been completed, control means on the heading printing member to control the movement oi said body printing member, and means to move the body printing member from one body subject-matter to another when the said control means becomes eflective, and driving mechanism for all of said means.

8. A device of the class described comprising a singlemastersheetcarryingaseriesotgroupsoi e0 printing members, means to move said master sheet, means to slit a portion of said master sheet into a pair of individualistic printing members when the master sheet is moved, means to move one of said individualistic printng members step 55 Y mtodriveallotsaidm 

